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MAHY DE CORMÉRÉ, Guillaume-François de.

Mémoire sur les finances et sur le crédit, pour servir de suite aux Recherches & considérations nouvelles sur les finances.

Paris, Chez l'auteur - Moutard - Desenne, 1789.

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150 €

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Guillaume-François de Mahy, Baron de Cormeré was a civil servant in the general control of finances during the Necker administration. In this book, he gave his analysis of the functioning of finance in France during the monarchy.

[LACRETELLE, Pierre-Louis].

Mémoire sur l'institution des bureaux des finances, et l'utilité de leurs fonctions.

s.l., s.n., 1789.

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60 €

First edition.

Book on the history of the institution of the finance corps by Pierre-Louis Lacretelle (1751-1824), who was a member of Parliament during the Revolution and the French Consulate.

[BRICOGNE, Athanase-Jean-Baptiste].

Opinion et observations sur le budget de 1814, sur le budget de juin 1815, sur les différens systèmes de finances suivis en France depuis l'an VIII jusqu'au 8 juillet 1815. par un créancier de l'État.

Oaris, Pelicier, 1815.

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150 €

Third edition.

Athanase-Jean-Baptiste Bricogne (1779-1836) was a senior French civil servant and financier (first Treasury clerk and Receiver General of Finance). His name is best known because he was the author of numerous pamphlets and reviews on the management of France's finances during the Bourbon Restoration.

[TALLEYRAND, Charles Maurice de].

Opinion de M. l'évêque d'Autun sur la fabrication des petites monnoies.

[Paris], [Imprimerie Nationale], [1790].

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100 €

First edition.

Booklet written by Talleyrand (1754-1838, French statesman, appointed bishop of Autun in 1788) on the subject of the manufacture of coins.

[ANONYME].

Lettre d'un ami à M. Necker.

s.l., s.n., [v. 1781].

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60 €

The publication of Necker's "Compte-rendu au roi" (Report to the King) in 1781, intended to inform Louis XVI about the state of France's finances, provoked many controversies against the minister. Anonymously, the author criticized Necker's management of the finances and the fact that he published false statements in his famous "Compte-rendu".

[SOLIGNAC].

Réponse de M. Solignac, aux observations de M. Mirabeau l'aîné, relativement à l'essai de la proportion de l'or à l'argent, qui seroit la plus convenable dans la monnoie de France.

[Paris], [J. Girouard], [1790].

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50 €

First edition.

[RIOUX DE MAILLOU].

Le voeu de la France accompli, ou le français affranchi d'impôts, de barrières & de banqueroutes frauduleuses, & ses finances solidement à, jamais rétablies.

Paris, Chez l'auteur - Lescclapart - Garnéry, 1790.

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80 €

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This book is a proposal for an economic reform for France, written by Rioux de Maillou, Member of Parliament, at the end of the 18th century. It is organized in two parts: the explanation and the goal of this reform, and a detailed decree with 32 articles.
The aim of his reform is to reduce the people's taxes as much as it is possible and to successfully reduce the country's debt. One of its idea is to abolish taxes at internal barriers and customs.

NECKER, Jacques.

Mémoire adressé à l'Assemblée Nationale, le premier août 1790.

[Paris], [Imprimerie nationale], 1790.

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First edition.

This booklet is a response by Necker to the accusations against him about funds given to the Earl of Artois, without authorization.

[NECKER, Jacques].

Suite des observations du citoyen.

s.l., s.n., [v. 1781].

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This booklet was published after the publication of the "Compte-rendu au roi" by Necker in 1781.
The author questions the management of France's finances by Necker.

[Necker, Jacques].

"J'ai servi le Roi pendant cinq années avec un zèle auquel je n'ai jamais connu de bornes ; [...]".

s.l., s.n., [1787].

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75 €

In this essay, Necker (732-1804), financier and politician from Geneva, Minister of Finance of Louis XVI) justified his administration and policy in response to the attacks of Charles de Calonne (1734-1802, Minister and Controller General of Finance of Louis XVI between 1783 and 1787), his successor.
It consists of letters between Calonne and Necker, a letter addressed to Louis XVI and a praise of the former minister.

NECKER, Jacques.

Mémoire donné au roi, par M. Necker. en 1778.

s.l., s.n., [1781].

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100 €

Jacques Necker (1732-1804) was a politician from Geneva and was the Finance minister of Louis XVI.
In this text, he sets out his plan for provincial governments and his reformist ideas about the monarchy.

MAYER, Charles-Joseph de.

Vie publique et privée de Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, ministre d'état; discours couronné par L'Académie d'Amiens, le 25 août 1788.

Paris, Maradan, 1789.

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150 €

First edition.

Book on the life and career of Charles Gravier, Comte de Vergennes (1719-1787), who was Foreign Minister of Louis XVI from 1774 until his death.

NECKER, Jacques || [GRIMOARD, Philippe-Henri de].

Lettre du marquis de C* [Caraccioli], à M. D'A* [d'Alembert].

Paris, [s. n.], 1781.

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400 €

This harsh pamphlet was published as part of a political campaign against Necker, then Finance Minister of Louis XVI, in the spring of 1781. It ended with the minister's resignation on May 19th1781.

This fictional letter features Louis-Antoine Caraccioli and D'Alembert, questioning the reasons for Necker's popularity. It is traditionally attributed to Philippe-Henri de Grimoard (Barbier and BNF).

This letter is bound with six other texts related to Necker :

1) Mémoire donné au roi, par M. Necker. 1778. (4)-50 pages ---
2) Observations modestes d'un citoyen, sur les opérations de finances de M. Necker [...] 98 pages --
3) Suite des observations d'un citoyen 45 pages ----
4) Lettre du marquis de C, à M. D'A. Paris le 1er Mai 1781 51 pages ---
5) Lettre d'un ami, à M. Necker 23 pages ----
6) Les comment 45 pages ----
7) Compte rendu au roi, par l'abbé Terray 18 pages ----.

DE MEUVE, Dr.

Dictionnaire pharmaceutique ou Apparat de médecine pharmacie et chymie.

Lyon, Cl. Rey, 1695.

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Third edition.

Considerable work considered to be the first modern pharmaceutical encyclopedia in French, which just precedes Lemery's Universal Drug Treaty. (cf. Bulletin of the pharmacy history society, n ° 53, dec. 1926).

BEAUMARCHAIS, Pierre-Augustin Caron de.

Examen du décret d'accusation de P. A. Caron Beaumarchais, sur l'affaire des fusils de Hollande; et résumé de sa justification.

s.l., [s. n.], 1793.

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Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (1732-1799) was a French writer, playwright, musician and businessman. He was also a spy and arms dealer for the king.
This booklet is a response, by Beaumarchais, to his accusation for the Dutch rifle trial.

COMPTES RENDUS PAR LES MINISTRES.

Comptes rendus par les ministres pour les années 1814 et 1815.

Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1816.

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90 €

First edition.

This work is an account of France's finances in 1814 and 1815, a troubled time during which Napoleon I abdicated (11 April 1814) and was exiled and the return of the monarchy with Louis XVIII.

WHYTT, Robert.

Essai sur les vertus de l'eau de Chaux, pour la guérison de la pierre.

Paris, P. Fr. Didot, 1766.

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150 €

New edition.
Translation in French by Roux of Robert Whytt's work on the use of lime water for the dissolution of bladder stones. The plate shows the instrumentation used to inject lime by natural means.

DESBOIS DE ROCHEFORT, Louis René.

Cours élémentaire de matière médicale suivi d'un précis de l'art de formuler.

Paris, Méquignon l'ainé, 1789.

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Louis-René Desbois de Rochefort (1750-1786) is a French doctor, "he shone as a professor, although he was not very methodical in the exposition of his doctrines, and little punished in his speech, he did not publish any work of during his lifetime. " (Medarus).
This posthumous work is compiled by Corvisart who also signs the praise of Desbois.
Our edition follows the original and corrects the title page which indicated 1779 instead of 1789.

[CONVENTION NATIONALE].

Instruction sur les moyens d'entretenir la salubrité et de purifier l'air des salles dans les hopitaux militaires de la République.

Paris, Imprimerie Guillaume, An II [1794].

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100 €

First edition.
Instruction written by the War Department Health Board and voted by the National Convention.

The engraving shows a stove that is supposed to "keep the air clean in military hospitals".

TRECOURT, M.

Apologie des eaux minérales de Saint-Amand.

Cambrai, Samuel Berthoud, 1775.

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95 €

First edition.
Book written in response to a work published under the title of Instruction on the use of mineral waters, in which one had sought to depress the reputation of the waters of Saint-Amand.

MALRIEU.

Mémoire sur les eaux minérales chaudes ou thermales de Sylvanés, & sur les eaux minérales froids de Camarés.

Toulouse, Veuve de J.P. Robert, 1776.

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350 €

First edition.
Rare brochure on the ferruginous waters of Sylvanès and Camarès two small towns in the south of Aveyron.

HAUTESIERCK, Richard.

Formulae medicamentorum nosodochiis militaribus adaptatae, digestae et aucta.

Cassel, D. Estienne, 1761.

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350 €

First edition.
Richard de Hautesierck (1713-1789) French military doctor, he was the first doctor of the Westphalian army during the Seven Years War. As such, it offers this Form intended for doctors and pharmacists in the army.
"In 1766 he created the" Collection of medical observations from military hospitals ", the starting point for all the medical press in France" (Jean de Cilleuls, "A forerunner of the medical press in France: Richard de Hautesierck", 1971).

[CAYAUX ou CAILLOT].

Lettre sur les nouveaux bains médicinaux.

Paris, Veuve Quillau, 1752.

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250 €

First edition.
Curious work promoting Guérin's machine intended to produce steam for the Baths. The steam generator is inspired by Denis Papin's machine and coupled with different ovens either for the whole body or for the seat alone.
The novelty lies in the possibility of regulating vapors and showers precisely.

RAULIN, Joseph || COSTEL, Jean-Baptiste-Louis.

Observations sur l'usage des eaux minérales de Pougues avec l'analyse chimique des mêmes eaux.

Paris, Edme, 1769.

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250 €

First edition.
Joseph Raulin (1708-1784) doctor, who is also known for his work on obstetrics was commissioner and general inspector of mineral waters. He will notably publish a very beautiful work listing French mineral waters.
Here his recommendations for Pougues mineral waters. The mineral water of Pougues-les-eaux was sold continuously from 1768 to 1971 and made the fortune of this small village in the Nièvre.
Following is the chemical analysis performed by Costel, Master apothecary of Paris.

TERREDE, Simon Pierre Antoine.

Examen analytique des eaux minérales des environs de L'Aigle en Haute Normandie.

Paris, Vincent, 1776.

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First edition.
Bound up with :
HUET DE LA MARTINIERE, Dissertation sur l'examen analytique des eaux minérales des environs de l'Aigle, Genève, Glaçon, 1776

[TERREDE], Réflexions sur une brochure intitulée: dissertation..., [sl, sd]

Meeting of three rare works on the analysis of mineral waters around L'Aigle (Saint-Santin, Gauville, Irai ...).
The mineral waters of Saint-Santin were discovered in 1598 and met with some success in the 17th century, then were forgotten. The progress of 18th century chemistry led two doctors from L'Aigle to dispute their analysis and try to promote their therapeutic interest, but the mineral waters of the country of L'Aigle will again fall into oblivion.
A very good copy.

[ARNAULT DE NOBLEVILLE, Louis Daniel || SALERNE, François].

Le Manuel des Dames de charité, ou formules de médicamens faciles à préparer.

Orléans, N. Lanquement, 1747.

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250 €

First edition.
Arnault de Nobleville (1701-1778) is a doctor who practiced in Orleans. He worked there with François Salerne who co-signed the dedication epistle.
This book is intended for the medicine of the poor, giving simple and inexpensive remedies to achieve. In the preamble there is also a list of simple to use with their prices of the time.
The original edition published in Orleans has become rare.

RAMEL DE NOGARET, Dominique Vincent.

Des finances de la République française en l'an IX.

Paris, H. Agasse, An IX [1800].

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250 €

First edition.

Dominique-Vincent Ramel, known as "Ramel de Nogaret" (1760-1829) was a French politician and Minister of Finance during the Directoire.

NECKER, Jacques.

Mémoire de M. Necker.

s.l., [s. n.], 1787.

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90 €

First edition.

Jacques Necker (1732-1804) was a politician from Geneva and was the Finance minister of Louis XVI.
This book was published in response to the speech of Charles Calonne (1734-1802, Minister and inspector General of Finance of Louis XVI between 1783 and 1787), who accused Necker of having published false informations in his report to the king.

TURGOT, Anne-Robert-Jacques.

Le conciliateur, ou lettres d'un ecclésiastique à un magistrat sur les affaires présentes.

s.l., [s. n.], 1788.

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240 €

Second édition.
Rare copy.

Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot (1727-1781) was an important French politician and economist of the 18th century. He was Secretary of State for the Navy, then Controller General of Finances for King Louis XVI. This text is a plea for religious tolerance, particularly towards Protestants, whose freedoms were reviewed when the text was first published in 1754.

THIRION, Henri.

La vie privée des financiers au XVIIIe siècle.

Paris, E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie, 1895.

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45 €

First edition.

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MAHY DE CORMÉRÉ, Guillaume-François de.

Mémoire sur les finances et sur le crédit, pour servir de suite aux Recherches & considérations nouvelles sur les finances.

First edition. Guillaume-François de Mahy, Baron de Cormeré was a civil servant in the general control of finances during the Necker administration. In this book, he gave his analysis of the functioning of finance in France during the monarchy.

[LACRETELLE, Pierre-Louis].

Mémoire sur l'institution des bureaux des finances, et l'utilité de leurs fonctions.

First edition. Book on the history of the institution of the finance corps by Pierre-Louis Lacretelle (1751-1824), who was a member of Parliament during the Revolution and the French Consulate.

[BRICOGNE, Athanase-Jean-Baptiste].

Opinion et observations sur le budget de 1814, sur le budget de juin 1815, sur les différens systèmes de finances suivis en France depuis l'an VIII jusqu'au 8 juillet 1815. par un créancier de l'État.

[TALLEYRAND, Charles Maurice de].

Opinion de M. l'évêque d'Autun sur la fabrication des petites monnoies.

First edition. Booklet written by Talleyrand (1754-1838, French statesman, appointed bishop of Autun in 1788) on the subject of the manufacture of coins.

[ANONYME].

Lettre d'un ami à M. Necker.

[SOLIGNAC].

Réponse de M. Solignac, aux observations de M. Mirabeau l'aîné, relativement à l'essai de la proportion de l'or à l'argent, qui seroit la plus convenable dans la monnoie de France.

First edition.

[RIOUX DE MAILLOU].

Le voeu de la France accompli, ou le français affranchi d'impôts, de barrières & de banqueroutes frauduleuses, & ses finances solidement à, jamais rétablies.

NECKER, Jacques.

Mémoire adressé à l'Assemblée Nationale, le premier août 1790.

First edition. This booklet is a response by Necker to the accusations against him about funds given to the Earl of Artois, without authorization.

[NECKER, Jacques].

Suite des observations du citoyen.

This booklet was published after the publication of the "Compte-rendu au roi" by Necker in 1781. The author questions the management of France's finances by Necker.

[Necker, Jacques].

"J'ai servi le Roi pendant cinq années avec un zèle auquel je n'ai jamais connu de bornes ; [...]".

NECKER, Jacques.

Mémoire donné au roi, par M. Necker. en 1778.

Jacques Necker (1732-1804) was a politician from Geneva and was the Finance minister of Louis XVI. In this text, he sets out his plan for provincial governments and his reformist ideas about the monarchy.

MAYER, Charles-Joseph de.

Vie publique et privée de Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, ministre d'état; discours couronné par L'Académie d'Amiens, le 25 août 1788.

First edition. Book on the life and career of Charles Gravier, Comte de Vergennes (1719-1787), who was Foreign Minister of Louis XVI from 1774 until his death.

NECKER, Jacques || [GRIMOARD, Philippe-Henri de].

Lettre du marquis de C*** [Caraccioli], à M. D'A*** [d'Alembert].

DE MEUVE, Dr.

Dictionnaire pharmaceutique ou Apparat de médecine pharmacie et chymie.

Third edition. Considerable work considered to be the first modern pharmaceutical encyclopedia in French, which just precedes Lemery's Universal Drug Treaty. (cf. Bulletin of the pharmacy history society, n ° 53, dec. 1926).

BEAUMARCHAIS, Pierre-Augustin Caron de.

Examen du décret d'accusation de P. A. Caron Beaumarchais, sur l'affaire des fusils de Hollande; et résumé de sa justification.

Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (1732-1799) was a French writer, playwright, musician and businessman. He was also a spy and arms dealer for the king. This booklet is a response, by Beaumarchais, to his accusation for the Dutch rifle trial.

COMPTES RENDUS PAR LES MINISTRES.

Comptes rendus par les ministres pour les années 1814 et 1815.

First edition. This work is an account of France's finances in 1814 and 1815, a troubled time during which Napoleon I abdicated (11 April 1814) and was exiled and the return of the monarchy with Louis XVIII.

WHYTT, Robert.

Essai sur les vertus de l'eau de Chaux, pour la guérison de la pierre.

New edition. Translation in French by Roux of Robert Whytt's work on the use of lime water for the dissolution of bladder stones. The plate shows the instrumentation used to inject lime by natural means.

DESBOIS DE ROCHEFORT, Louis René.

Cours élémentaire de matière médicale suivi d'un précis de l'art de formuler.

[CONVENTION NATIONALE].

Instruction sur les moyens d'entretenir la salubrité et de purifier l'air des salles dans les hopitaux militaires de la République.

First edition. Instruction written by the War Department Health Board and voted by the National Convention. The engraving shows a stove that is supposed to "keep the air clean in military hospitals".

TRECOURT, M.

Apologie des eaux minérales de Saint-Amand.

First edition. Book written in response to a work published under the title of Instruction on the use of mineral waters, in which one had sought to depress the reputation of the waters of Saint-Amand.

MALRIEU.

Mémoire sur les eaux minérales chaudes ou thermales de Sylvanés, & sur les eaux minérales froids de Camarés.

First edition. Rare brochure on the ferruginous waters of Sylvanès and Camarès two small towns in the south of Aveyron.

HAUTESIERCK, Richard.

Formulae medicamentorum nosodochiis militaribus adaptatae, digestae et aucta.

[CAYAUX ou CAILLOT].

Lettre sur les nouveaux bains médicinaux.

RAULIN, Joseph || COSTEL, Jean-Baptiste-Louis.

Observations sur l'usage des eaux minérales de Pougues avec l'analyse chimique des mêmes eaux.

TERREDE, Simon Pierre Antoine.

Examen analytique des eaux minérales des environs de L'Aigle en Haute Normandie.

[ARNAULT DE NOBLEVILLE, Louis Daniel || SALERNE, François].

Le Manuel des Dames de charité, ou formules de médicamens faciles à préparer.

RAMEL DE NOGARET, Dominique Vincent.

Des finances de la République française en l'an IX.

First edition. Dominique-Vincent Ramel, known as "Ramel de Nogaret" (1760-1829) was a French politician and Minister of Finance during the Directoire.

NECKER, Jacques.

Mémoire de M. Necker.

TURGOT, Anne-Robert-Jacques.

Le conciliateur, ou lettres d'un ecclésiastique à un magistrat sur les affaires présentes.

THIRION, Henri.

La vie privée des financiers au XVIIIe siècle.

First edition.

First edition.

Guillaume-François de Mahy, Baron de Cormeré was a civil servant in the general control of finances during the Necker administration. In this book, he gave his analysis of the functioning of finance in France during the monarchy.

First edition.

Book on the history of the institution of the finance corps by Pierre-Louis Lacretelle (1751-1824), who was a member of Parliament during the Revolution and the French Consulate.

First edition.

Booklet written by Talleyrand (1754-1838, French statesman, appointed bishop of Autun in 1788) on the subject of the manufacture of coins.

First edition.

This booklet is a response by Necker to the accusations against him about funds given to the Earl of Artois, without authorization.

This booklet was published after the publication of the "Compte-rendu au roi" by Necker in 1781.
The author questions the management of France's finances by Necker.

Jacques Necker (1732-1804) was a politician from Geneva and was the Finance minister of Louis XVI.
In this text, he sets out his plan for provincial governments and his reformist ideas about the monarchy.

First edition.

Book on the life and career of Charles Gravier, Comte de Vergennes (1719-1787), who was Foreign Minister of Louis XVI from 1774 until his death.

Lettre du marquis de C* [Caraccioli], à M. D'A* [d'Alembert].

Third edition.

Considerable work considered to be the first modern pharmaceutical encyclopedia in French, which just precedes Lemery's Universal Drug Treaty. (cf. Bulletin of the pharmacy history society, n ° 53, dec. 1926).

Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (1732-1799) was a French writer, playwright, musician and businessman. He was also a spy and arms dealer for the king.
This booklet is a response, by Beaumarchais, to his accusation for the Dutch rifle trial.

First edition.

This work is an account of France's finances in 1814 and 1815, a troubled time during which Napoleon I abdicated (11 April 1814) and was exiled and the return of the monarchy with Louis XVIII.

New edition.
Translation in French by Roux of Robert Whytt's work on the use of lime water for the dissolution of bladder stones. The plate shows the instrumentation used to inject lime by natural means.

First edition.
Instruction written by the War Department Health Board and voted by the National Convention.

The engraving shows a stove that is supposed to "keep the air clean in military hospitals".

First edition.
Book written in response to a work published under the title of Instruction on the use of mineral waters, in which one had sought to depress the reputation of the waters of Saint-Amand.

First edition.
Rare brochure on the ferruginous waters of Sylvanès and Camarès two small towns in the south of Aveyron.

First edition.

Dominique-Vincent Ramel, known as "Ramel de Nogaret" (1760-1829) was a French politician and Minister of Finance during the Directoire.